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arzack
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February 12, 2025
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Performance issues with After Effects 25.1 (very slow feedback from AE preview window)

  • February 12, 2025
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Hello,

Since the release of the 25.0 updates (25.01 to 25.1) for After Effects, I’ve noticed a significant slowdown in the user interface (UI). The preview performance is also extremely sluggish (see the video I recorded).


I’ve tried several solutions to fix the issue:

  • Completely uninstalling and reinstalling After Effects,
  • Checking for updates (software and drivers), etc.

Unfortunately, the only way to restore normal performance is to revert to version 24.0. I’m certain this isn’t a hardware issue, as it’s directly linked to the 25.0 versions.

Have you encountered this problem or found a solution?

Please upvote this post so that the support team can notice and fix the issue quickly.

    Correct answer nishu_kush

    Hi all,

     

    After Effects beta has a fix for a similar issue. Can you install and see if it fixes the issue on your end?

    Let me know.


    Thanks,
    Nishu

    12 replies

    0x003404fa
    0x003404fa
    Participant
    May 25, 2025

    charged me 2billion gazillion dollars/year btw smh

    nishu_kush
    Community Manager
    nishu_kushCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
    Community Manager
    May 13, 2025

    Hi all,

     

    After Effects beta has a fix for a similar issue. Can you install and see if it fixes the issue on your end?

    Let me know.


    Thanks,
    Nishu

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      Greg@Antifreeze Animation
      Known Participant
      May 13, 2025

      What version is the beta? (so as this post ages, we can make sure we know what you're referring to)

      nishu_kush
      Community Manager
      nishu_kushCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      May 15, 2025

      My bad! Try the After Effects beta 25.4 or newer. 

      Let me know the outcome.


      Thanks,
      Nishu

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      Greg@Antifreeze Animation
      Known Participant
      April 24, 2025

      -- Saved project to v24. No lag (at least not so much that my project is in jeopardy).  Even with the preview settings on Full, I could grab the texture and move it around the 4k layout without frustration. 

      -- Saved prjoect to v23. Same success. 

       

      Solution: Moving entire project to v24 until this storm blows over. 

       

      I have a 14MB 4k jpg noise texture I'm using as an overlay for imported Illustrator footage. After all the usual cache clearing, preference clearing, setting HD caches, and making sure I had at least 20% available space on all drives, the lag was so bad that it would take 2 seconds for redraw when grabbing and moving the texture. 

       

      Hardware
      Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHz 3.60 GHz

      NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
      Installed RAM 128 GB (128 GB usable)
      System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

       

      Windows:

      Graphics settings > Hardware Accelerated GPU scheduling  ON and OFF (tested both)

      Edition Windows 10 Pro
      Version 22H2
      Installed on ‎2020-‎06-‎09
      OS build 19045.5737
      Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19061.1000.0

       

       

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      christiand49426540
      Participant
      April 20, 2025

      same here need to update to 2025 since our project has shifted to PR 2025, and i need dynamic link badly

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        roblox_4974
        Participant
        April 19, 2025

        I'm experiencing the same. It's terrible.

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          arzackAuthor
          Participating Frequently
          April 19, 2025

          Not fixed with 25.2.2

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            arzackAuthor
            Participating Frequently
            April 5, 2025

            Not fixed with 25.2

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              DarkGio6
              Participant
              April 3, 2025

              Same problem here. Just updated to 25.2 and still happening. Tried safe mode but same results

               

              CPU: i9 9900KS
              GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
              RAM: 32GB
              OS: WIN11 23H2

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                haraldn14473398
                Participant
                March 13, 2025

                Same problem for me. Only that the rendering of simple video files is up to ten times slower than in After Effects 2024. I have uninstalled After 2025, it is unusable.

                macOS Monterey
                Version 12.6.2
                iMac Pro (2017)
                Prozessor 3.2 GHz 8-Core Intel Xeon W
                Speicher 64 GB 2666 MHz DDR4
                Startvolume Macintosh HD
                Grafikkarte Radeon Pro Vega 56 8 GB

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                  benjamin_3731
                  Participant
                  March 12, 2025

                  I'm experiencing the same. It's terrible. Even for basic renders the performance and playback speed of previews is unbelievably poor.

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